Jason Mraz is the New Billboard Record Holder

Jason Mraz is yours, alright.

Fast-talking singer, Jason Mraz took down LeAnn Rimes from her reign and successfully sit at the throne of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, because of his single I’m Yours that had spent a long and awesome 71 weeks on the chart.

32-year-old Mraz said that he’s actually been playing the jammy tune during his concerts for about five years, and that he “noticed almost an immediate response to it and people really celebrated in a different way during that song … By having those three years to jam to the song, it gave us the opportunity to do something simple, yet spirited.” He then added, “And now of course, that we’ve been playing with people really owning it on the record, it’s taken it to a whole new level.”

The single was first charted in May 2008, hit No. 6 in September 2008 and has spent 71 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart. It knocked down the previous record-holder, LeAnn Rimes’ late-1990s hit titled How Do I Live, that lasted 69 weeks. Not only that, the song is also nominated for “Song of the Year” at this year’s Grammy Awards.

Mraz has spent the last two years on the road promoting his latest CD, the platinum-selling We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. That time on tour has been documented to Jason Mraz’ Beautiful Mess – Live from Earth, a live CD/DVD out Nov. 10. Don’t forget to grab it when it’s out!

It’s a great song and definitely a great achievement. Congrats Jason!

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